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Witness, this army of such mass, and
charge
Led by a delicate and tender prince.
—•Hamlet.
BEGINNING THE 11 \Y—Breathe
npon me this morning with Thy
Spirit, O Lord. Cleanse me, cool me,
qnlet me. Let Ihe steady winds o.'
Thy presence blow my sla nway,
and my heat, nod my hnsle. En
compass me round about wl(b Thy
aelf, fold me In, moke me Thine. Iu
His name. Amen.—H. M. R.
No Need of . pas
There is hope for the American with
the European bath habit. The fact
that his favorite spa is closed to pa
tients because of the war need cause
him no undue palpatations. Surgeon
General Hubert Blue of the United
States health service, says that ordi
nary American spring water can be
charged with radium and used success
fully to treat all the ills which were
formerly cured at the spas of Europe.
Here’s encouraging news, to be sure.
Instead of going abroad and giving
large sums of money to steamship
companies, hotel keepers and special
ists, American tourists can stay at
home and get the same sort of treat,
ment at “greatly reduced rates.’’ A
spa in the home might not he an im
possibility for persons of means.
Says Dr. Blue: “There is really n<
occasion for uneasiness ubout the clos
ing of the baths abroad. In the firs
place we have springs in this countr;
that possess amazing curative powers
In the case of patients suffering fron
ailments that respond to treatment b;
radium it will be a simple matter t
charge pure drinking ater with ra
dium and use it for drinking or bath
ing purposes.”
It’s a wonder a suggestion of thi
kind has not been made before. I
was probably not made because tlv
European spa habit has had such ;
firm grip on well-to-do American:
that no sort of substitute would havi
met with their approval. Now that i
is impossible to indulge this costly
habit, Dr. Blue's suggestion may hi
given thoughtful consideration. Th<
annual expenditure of American pa
tients at the European baths is enor
mous. It will be diverted from Eu
rope as a result of the war and wil
doubtless greatly increase the pros
perity of American health resorts.
Regarding Education
In this time when utilitarianism i:
pushed forward young men seeking
an education along the lines of voea
tional work sometimes lose sight o:
the importance of all ’round culture
One of the greatest academic school:
in the United States is that found a
the University of Alabama adminis
tered by Dr. George H. Denny. Th<
youth who matriculates there for th<
purpose of receiving a general eduea
tion will attain ripe scholarship if h<
follows the course.
At the university also there is t
great engineering school. Of the !20l
or 1300 students who will he enrollei
this year a good percentage of then
—probably a fourth or a fifth—wil
give especial attention to technologies
studies. The boy who has been wel
prepared in an academic way can af
ford to put his mind principally upo
the mathematical and technical side o
the university course, but the yout
who has not learned to write grair
matical English before he enters a co
lege or university for a technic:
course is at a serious disadvantage.
Here in Alabama there is more ii
teregt in college education now tha
in any previous year. There is a gre:
demand for educated men in ever
walk of life. The professional man t
today is expected to be better educate
than was the professional man of 1
or 20 years ago. And as for the tecl
nical man, he must be exceptional!
well advanced if he would be able I
discuss problems on paper. Unless 1
can do that he cannot rise above tl
, ordinary level. Hence it is that tl
academic department of every collej,
is of the utmost importance for tl
practical youth who aims to be a mi
| j chanical engineer, a mining engineer
i or a chemical engineer,
j The colleges of Alabama have pro
gressed steadily in all branches of edu
cation, and in cultural development
they are ahead this year of last year’s
standards. They cannot overdo the
cultural side.
Are Russians Aiding Belgians?
The most significant dispatches
from the war yesterday told of the
renewal of fighting in Belgium, where
the Antwerp garrison drove the Ger
mans back, to the environs of Louvain.
•For some time there have been re
ports that Russian troops were being
transported from Archangel, a Russian
port on the White sea, to England and
sent thence into Belgium. It is not
impossible that the activity of the
Belgians is the result of reinforce
ments from that source.
If a large Russian force has been
landed in Belgium the Germans are in
a very critical position. They have
pushed into France with little regard
for communications, carrying suffi
cient ammunition with them and for
aging on the country. Should an army
cut the slender line that binds the
Kaiser’s troops to their base they
would be in grave danger from the
rear.
In the tremendous battle now rag
ing from Verdun to the Marne river
the allies continue to drive back the
Germans and have pushed the invad
ers 37 miles. Three million men are
involved in the struggle, which has
raged four days and is expected to
continue at least another week.
While the allies have by no means
routed the Kaisier’s forces the con
tinual advance cannot but have a bad
effect on the morale of the troops.
The French are renowned as offensive
fighters and now have an opportunity
to push home a crushing blow.
Little definite has been heard from
Galicia but Russian dispatches assert
that Cracow is being evacuated, wh'ieli
would indicate that success continues
to rest upon the arms of the Czar.
England proposes to increase her
army to the unprecedented figure of
1,400,000 men, indicating that a pro
tracted struggle is anticipated. Ger
many will fight until the last gasp
and every man will be needed before a
treaty of peace is signed.
Buy a Bale
The “Buy-a-Bale-of-Cotton” move
ment which originated with H. A.
Wheeling, secretary of the Rome, Ga.,
Chamber of Commerce, has made a
great hit. It has taken firm hold in
, many southern cities, including Bir
mingham.
t According to the last report issued
t by the government, the crop this year
will equal almdst, if note quite, the
, record breaking crop of 1911.
r In round figures it will be fully
, 15,000,000 bales, and it will not sur
. prise statisticians if it turns out to be
. 15,500,000 bales. In 1911 the crop,
excluding linters, was 15,553,073
bales.
But for the European war this
year’s crop would be selling at 13 1-2
, to 14 cents a pound. As it is, farmers
, who have been forced to sell early have
> taken as low as 7 1-2 cents. It may
, be that some of them have let their
cotton go at 7 cents.
If a large percentage of the crop
* should be sold at a price below 10
cents it would mean a grievous blow
to the south.
Cotton, like pig iron, keeps well. It
will be as spinable five or ten years
hence as it is today. The European
war which has depressed the cotton
market situation will be ended some
day. It is probable that before Christ
mas a cotton market will be estab
■ lished on a 13 or 14-cent basis. But
howsoever that may be, the people of
the south should respond to the “Buy
. a-Bale-of-Cotton” appeal.
; Hundreds of business men in Ala
i bamu appreciating the peculiar condi
tions have already bought cotton as a
i civic duty. The movement will spread,
r and if something like 5,009,000 bales
should be acquired by men outside of
, the cotton trade, the effect would be
all that could be desired.
; Let the good work go on.
I Amiens, frequently mentioned in the
^ war dispatches from abroad, is a city in
I the northern i*urt of France, fc. Is the
capital of the department of the Somme
1 and Is situated on the left bank of the
^ Somme, si miles north of Paris hy rut!
' road mid S3 miles from the Knglish clum
1 nel. Amiens has a population of about
f 85,000. It was once a strongly fortified
h city, but Its ramparts have been moved
_ away to make room for handsome boule
vards. Tile famous treaty of Amiens wnf
I signed there by Great Britain, France
Spain and Holland. March 25, 1802
Amiens was captured by the Prussian!
November 28. 1870. during the Franco
n Prussian war. It Is noted for its textl!:
^ Industries, which Include the manufaettm
y of velvet, cotton, wool and silk goods, this
f spinning, hosiery and a great variety o
d fabrics. It also manufactures machinery
0 chemicals, blacking, shoe polish ar.d su
1-, 8»r. §_
y It has been proved by science that ml
o crobes are not essential to life, but tin
e merry microbe never stops to conalde
e whether he Is essential or not.
e It Is said that anger and excllemen
e may cause kidney disease, hut a warnlni
e like that isn't going to stop baseball lau
>- fioin berating the umpire.
Austria started out to punish Servia, but
made one of the biggest mistakes re
corded in historj*. Austria has been get
ting all the punishment.
Colonel Watterson Is waging an indi
vidual war against "German-Americans”
who object to his way of handling the
Kaiser without gloves.
Chicago is reported to be having a
hard time in getting men to act as Judges
at baby shows. Evidently a case of
'safety first.”
The Red Cross is a standing rebuke to
the sword, but there is no possibility of
the latter being sheathed at any time
soon.
It scents strange to think that the most
Important question in Paris only a short!
while ago was, "Where shall we dine?”
And another thing. You didn't think a
few months ago that you would ever be
calling St. Petersburg Petrograd.
Historians will have much ado to tell
what happened to Belgium in the present
unpleasantness.
You could hardly say the Thaw case
“looms up,” but it is, so to speak, still
on the boards.
Still, even a flying wedge is apt to come
to grief in contact with an immovable
wall.
Christmas in Europe will be a mockery
this year.
ROOSEVELT IN' LOUISIANA
From the Washington Evening Star.
At New Orleans Tuesday night Mr.
Roosevelt dealt with two subjects of very
great interest to the people of Louisiana:
(1) The Mississippi river, and (2) the
cane sugar Industry.
He handled the former shrewdly. He
would lay out the $26,000,000 which the
Wilson administration would pay to Co
lombia in compensation fcr Panama—he !
characterized it as "blackmail"—in river
Improvements, “and as many more score?
of million extra as are necessary to take
control of the Mississippi, and to develop
all its possibilities of usefulness from the
headwaters to the delta.”
That alone, we may all be sure, would
have made him popular with his audience.
“The big river” when in bounds is a great
blessing to all the people of the valley;
when out of bounds—and it breaks bounds
nearly every year—a great curse. Over-/
flows are widely and terribly destructive,
and the Louisiana people have to stand
their share of fate's assessment.
The tariff was not so much to the
speaker's hand. His own record on the
subject is against him. While in the White
House he did nothing 'or tariff revision,
but by his neglect contributed to the dif
ficulties his party encountered when the
matter was at last taken up. Revision in
IfOl, when he entered the presidency,
could have been accomplished. By 1909
it had become a task so full of peril it
split them wide open in the execution.
For the disaster he was largely responsi
ble.
Nor were his auditors last night in any
better position. Hardly so good. They
helped bring in the administration which
has proved their undoing. They adjusted
the noose with which they are soon to be
worked off, unless the day is saved i y i
restoration of the duty on sugar.
That cannot be done by the lull mong
ers, for a liberal estimate of thfir
strength in the next House is 20. The
sole hope is in the republicans, * either
now, or two years hence.
But the Louisiana sugar planters are
not protectionists except ns to their own
industry. Their senators and representa
tives, while insisting on protection for
sugar, have, with few exceptions, often
voted against protection for the industries
of other sections. The tariff, in their view
and action, is, in General Hancock’s
phrase, “a local question.” Let them
write the sugar schedule, and the free
traders may write all the others.
Bull moosery in Louisiana is a mere
flourish. It will not get anywhere. If the
sugar industry’s Interests depended on
Mr. Rcoimvelt and his supporters its
grave clothes would be the proper order
TYPICAL AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
From the I^ew York World.
Ambassador Herrick is the only for
eign diplomatist who remains in Paris,
just as Minister Waahburne was the only
member of the diplomatic corps who re
mained at his post there in 1870.
Mr. Washburne was in Paris during the
siege and during the Commune, looking
after the interests of both Americans and
Germans am] rendering services of ines
timable value. if Paris is again be
sieged, we have no doubt that Mr. Her
rick’s work will reflect as much credit
upon the United States as did Mr. Wash
burne's. \
Mr. Sharp, who is to succeed Mr. Her
rick. is also in Paris, but with a fine sense
of patriotism lie has refused to present
his credentials, and Mr. Herrick remains
ambassador with Mr. Sharp, assisting
him unofficially.
The United States has a right to feel
proud of men of that kind. This right
Is stronger by reason of the certainty
that what Mr. Herrick and Mr. Sharp
are doing in Paris would have been done
in similar circumstances by American
representatives in any of ihe other Euro
pean capitals.
LIKE M'Ll K E SAYS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The old-fashioned man who used to kick
about paying $25 per month rent for an
eight-room house now lias a son who
cheerfully kicks in with $35 per montli rent
for a one-stall garage.
It is a cinch that the preacher who ad
vised us to love our neighbors never
stopped to reflect that maybe our wives
would object. /
When a man is blind to his own faults
he never thinks of hunting up an oculist.
I know a whole slew of them who are
t hard-working fellows who behave them
selves, hold their jobs and treat their
families kindly, and yet like a glass ol
beer now and then. But these fellow'!
must either stick to water or be classed at
sots, rummies ami booze fighters by oui
liberal friends the prohibitionists.
There are a whole lot of unselfish mer
In the world just like the fellow whe
brings his wife home a bottle of shorn
wine and then drinks it all himself.
Every woman knows that she Is tin
only woman on earth who ever movec
out of a house and left it clean .
Lots of lads who have only one sui
always leave their money at home ”ii
their other clothes” when it is their turi
to purchase.
A woman would rather hear you roast
ing her enemies than praising her friends
Every time a man puts In 20 minute
trying to find the beer opener he swear
that he will bring a dozen openers horn
tomorrow. Hut he never does.
Too much success ajjd too much hooz
t always leave* a man with a big head.
; yrhe fool men do a lot of silly things
Biit you never saw a man borrow i
1 powder rag from another man and wip
the shine off his nose.
■'
r IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Leaving; for Old Oxford
H. II. Branscomb, who won a Rhodes
Oxford scholarship, leaves Birmingham
this morning for New York, whence
he will sail on the steamer St. Paul,
September 23. for England. Oxford uni
versity, as everyone should know, is
made up of a large group or colleges
—most of them old and many of them
famous. Young Branscomb will matric- j
ulate at Wadham college, which is ven
erable with age.
Mr. Branscomb is a son of the Rev.
Dr. Branscomb. at present Methodim
presiding elder of this district. He has
consecrated himself to the ministry of
the Methodist church.
Judge Fort Commended
“The action of Judge \V. E. Fort of the
criminal court in discharging a number
of negroes who had been confined for
weeks in the county jail on a charge of
shooting craps or some other*trivial of
fense is to' be highly commended,'’ said
a local attorney.
“These men were uhdoubtedly guilty of
the offense charged, yet it is a travesty
on justice that they should be cooped
up in the county jail,, and in the base
ment at that, week after week without be
ing given a trial. It should also be re
membered that tlie state pays 30 cents a
day for feeding these prisoners, and that
last year’s feed bill went over $20,000. It
certainly pays some one to keep the jail
filled with prisoners.
“This shows the crying need of a reform
in dealing with tills class of offenders.
A speedy trial always tends to bring about
justice. Under the present laws these
prisoners have to be tried in the criminal
court, and consequently have to lie in
jail during the recess of the court.
"This is neither fair to tlie prisoner
nor to tlie state. On the one hand it
deprives a man of ills liberty and ability
to earn a livelihood for those dependent
upon him and imposes a burden on the
state in the way of feed bills. It lias
been suggested that the jurisdiction of the
court of common pleas so ably presided
over by Judge H. B. Abernethy and
Judge C. VV. Hickman, should have its
jurisdiction extended to reach this class
of offenses, and it is to be hoped that
the incoming legislature will give this
matter serious consideration."
Builders of Birmingham
The Traders National bank, in its inter
esting series of biographic sketches, has
this in connection with its September cal
endar:
"Charles Peter Beddow was born at
Whiteside. Tenn., on January 17, lGtiO. He
graduated from tlie law department of
Cumberland university in 1880, and short
ly thereafter engaged in coal mining.
From 1881 to 1895 he served successively
as superintendent of tlie Aetna Coal com
pany at Whiteside, Tenn., ^hperintendent
| of the Soddy Coal company at Rathburn,
i Tenn., general manager of the Alabama
! Connellsville Coal company, and super
I intendent of the Sloss-Sheffiekl Steel and
Iron company’s Coalburg mines.
“In 1895 he commenced the practice of
law in Birmingham. Witli a keen mind,
a ready wit, and a thorough knowledge of
men, Mr. Beddow proved to be an ex
ceptionally good trial lawyer, and through
successful handling of matters entrusted
to him soon acquired a large clientele.
For many years he was associated with
U. G. Bowman and G. R. Harsh, and in
1913 lie organized the firm of Beddow &
Oberdorfer, composed of himself. A. Leo
Oberdorfer, one of the most capable and
successful of the younger attorneys of
Birmingham, and associates.
Mr. Beddow was a useful member of
the Tennessee legislature in 1885 and 1886,
and lias been active in political matters
since that time. An orator of note, his
addresses have featured many campaigns.
Among other honors that have been be
stowed upon him, lie was the first delegate
to the Alabama constitutional convention
in 1901. nominated by the Jefferson county
democratic convention. The acumen and
enterprise which caused Mr. Beddow to
rise in his profession have been displayed
in his personal affairs, and he hus been
most successful in his business enter
prises."
*n Important Convention
“I expect between 1000 and 1100 men here
for the Phi Delta Theta convention in
December,'” said Robert Thach of the
arrangement committee yesterday. "We
have arranged to entertain the members
of the fraternity with a smoker, ban
quet and ball at the clubs and at the
Tutwiler hotel. We hope to have men
that are distinguished in this country in
law', letters and art as well as in other
fields of accomplishment. I consider Bir
mingham extremely well -thought of to
interest the Phi Delta Theta convention
officers, sufficiently to secure for this
city the national meeting.
It is a very rare thing for this con
vention to meet elsewhere than In some
of the largest cities of the country
like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago or
St. Louis. Therefore the compliment to
Birmingham is quite marked.
"The men who will attend this meeting
are without exception men of affairs, and
many of them men of wealth.*'
Electrical Fug lure tin K
"As important and advanced as elec
trical engineering is today, it is yet
in its infancy," said J. F. Heard of
Atlanta, division electrical engineer of
the Postal Telegraph-Cable company.
“Electricians and engineers are or
iginating new ideas all tlie while and
with scientific development these new
inventions are making for the bene
fit of tlie business world.
"1 travel through the south and 1 arti
glad to see the eager interest that
young men are taking in technical ed
ucation. 1 was educated at Auburn, and
the institute there is, 1 am glad to
sa.v, holding its own with tlie best of
them. It has a fine engineering de
partment In all branches. Its electrical
course is certainly very fine.”
ANTIQUATED ADS
From tlie New York Tribune.
Irving Fletcher, at a dinner in Phila
delphia, said to a delegation of Philadel
phla business men:
"I advise, then, gentlemen, absolute ad
vertising truth, absolute advertising ac
curacy. Nothing but harm resulted fron
the mendacious advertising of the past
It Is only since advertising became truth
ful that it became all powerful,
i "In the old days a man got off a
1 a counfry station and said to a native:
" ‘How far are Smith's new swell-fron
brick villas from here?’
‘ " ‘Smith’s villas? Two hours’ wall
, down that there sunny road, stranger,
‘ the native answered.
" *WhS% hang it, the ad says they’r
: only a two-minutes’ walk.’
•* ‘Wall, stranger,’ drawled the lia
[ tive, ’you can believe me or you can be
j lieve the ad. only I ain’t tryln’ to se!
the villas.’ "
j WAR ECHOES
Washington Post: The comparatively
small number of troops furnished by Great
Britain does not give any hint of the help
which the British empire is giving to
the allies In the war with Germany and
Austria.
The longer the war continues, the more
Important will be the part played by
Great Britain, and the more loss she will
Inflict upon Germany.
Germany lias about 5000 vessels, with a
total net tonnage of about 3,500,000, requir
ing 75,000 sailors. The shipping In the
Baltic amounts to about WOO vessels of
41X1.000 net tons. The tonnage of vessels
entering and clearing from Hamburg Is
about 13.0tXi.000 a year; at Bremen. 2.000,
000.
Practically all of tile German shipping,
except in the Baltic, has been paralyzed
by the British fleet. The ports of Ham
burg and Bremen no longer import food
stuffs from the United States or other
couptries. Germany Is obtaining some
foodstuffs from Scandinavia, but since she
cannot feed more than 50,000,000 of her peo
ple, even In years of good harvests, she
must import food for the remaining 15,00,
000, and Scandinavia cannot furnish this
demand.
German exports are greatly curtailed.
The value of her exports of home pro
duction is about $2,250,000,000. A large part
of this production cannot be shipped
abroad. The market for German manu
factures is virtually destroyed by the
British blockade.
The world's food output Is about $500,
000,000 a year, of which more than one
lialf comes from the British empire, one
fifth from the United States, $42,000,000
frojn the Russian empire, and the balance
from Mexico and South America. Practi
cally all this gold Is shut off from Ger
many. Tlie estimated cost to Germany
of one year of war Is $2.300,000,000.
By cutting off Germany’s commerce and
by driving German ships from the ocean,
the British fleet Is doing more, in the
long run, to defeat Germany than Is be
ing done by the allied armies. With an
assurance of supplies and gold from
abroad, and a market for her products,
Germany could withstand indefinitely an
assault by the Russian army, and prob
ably could permanently annex Belgium
and Conquer France. But with her fac
tories paralyzed and the cold grip of the
British fleet about her throat, Germany
must fight with redoubled vigor to bring
the war to a close before starvation con
quers her.
Charles F. Spears, in American Review
of Reviews: War always brings out the
fact that the resources of Individuals are
far greater than suspected and that won
derful vitality underlies what may seem
impoverished surfaces. Witness Mexico
in the last two years, ridden by revolu
tion, 60 per cent of its transportation sys
tem out of commission, all but one of its
eastern ports and gateways for commerce
closed, ami agriculture and mining aban
doned In the northern states, and still
supporting a great army w-ith every money
market of the world opposed to it.
Bismarck never believed that France
could pay the $1,000,000,000 Indemnity in
1870; hut from every stocking in tile em
pire came a tithe, and the debt was
liquidated in a few months.
If the figures presented by the Amer
ican Society for Thrift are approximately
correct, the people of this country spend
each year for intoxicants, soft drinks, to
bacco, candy, chewing gum, motor ears,
theatres, moving pictures and other ex
travagances the sum of $4,000,000,000. Tnls
is about what different economists have
reckoned to be the total cost of the pres
ent European war.
Europeans are not so careless of their
money as Americans, but they are not oO
per cent more thrifty than we. The popu
lation of the nations engaged in war is
four times that of the United States. So,
If we estimate that 25 per cent of all
males may he drawn into the struggle and
the earning capacity of another 25 per
cent be affected by it we can see where
enforced economy would supply the re
serve for many war bills.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: There Is no
braver nor more efficient race in Europe
than the Hungarians. They are excellent
soldiers and admirable administrators.
The German Austrians, the other domi
nant race of the dual monarchy, are, like
their brothers of the German empire, one
of the most enlightened peoples of the
world, leaders in science anil the arts, and
fine soldiers.
Besides the Magyars and the Germans
of Austria the Hapsburg empire con
tains a great mass of Slavic peoples;
Czechs, Poles, Ruthenians, Slovenes,
Croats, Serbs; all good fighting men.
From such material one might believe an
army as efficient as thut of Germany
should have been developed by tile mili
tarist government which dominates Aus
tria-Hungary as completely as Hohenzol
lernlsm dominates Prussia.
Yet the record of the Austrian arms in
the present war is one of disaster. The
invasion of Servia has been a complete
failure, and Servian and Montenegrin
armies are winning repealed victories on
Austrian territory. In the greater field
of war in Galicia and Poland the Aus
trians have been practically crushed by
the Russian forces.
The contrast between the effectiveness
of the Germans and the Ineffectiveness of
the Austrians naturally lends to an effort
to seek an Internal cause, and one reudlly
appears. The Slavic constituents of the
Austrian armies are unwilling fighters
either against Russia or against Servia.
They have no love for the •'fatherland,"
such as that which animates the soldiers
of Germany. With the exception of a
section of the Poles and a minority of
the Ruthenians of Galicia the Slavs of
Austria-Hungary have long been agita
tors against Magyar-Gern.an domination.
They are not eager to fight for the per
petuation of a masteiy against which
they have long protested.
The discerning reader must largely dis
count the Russian report* of wholesale
desertions from the Slavic regiments oE
the Austrian armies. It Is even likely
that the soldiers* In spite if their lack of
patriotic enthusiasm, have remained true
to their colors. But men who are fighting
' for a cause to which they are not de
voted cannot be the most efficient sol
1 dlers. They are not appalled at the pos
sibility o* defeat, and contemplate with
proepect of discoflture tc the master!
whom they are fopeed to obey.
There is no lack of individual bravery
In the Austrian army, and rrobably m
1 lack of efficient leadership. The weak
ness Is the weakness of the Austro-Hun
s garian empire Itself, an artificial estao
' llshment under which millions of me>
are governed without their consent ant
! In opposition to their national and racia
aspirations,
. New York Tribune; There has beei
1 but little vivid description of the aettia
fighting In Belgium, and nothing to com
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES J|
A BRAVE LOT.
The battered Belgians still resist.
In truth they've made a gallant stand
And well deserve to head the list
those who fight for native land
And liberty, with vim and pluck.
Against a proud and haughty foe.
" e can but wish them better luck
And may thejr blood soon cease to flow.
EXPENSIVE PLACE.
Are things going to 3uit you at this
hotel ?■■
"Everything but my money. That's go
ing too fast."
Ql'ITE A PROBLEM.
The good old summer time is gone,
But we are not regretting that.
For now our thoughts are centered on
The way to get a winter hat.
THOSE GIRLS.
"His wooing was impetuous. He threw
himself at my feet.”
"I hope you kept them under your skirt
as much as possible, -dear. You wear
fours." x
EXCEPTIONAL CASE.
"I'm not what you would call a hard
hearted man.”
"Oh, no.” '
"Still, if I should happen to read in the
newspapers that a youth had collapsed
from overtndulgence in the Brazilian max.
ixe, I could resist the temptation to send
him flowers.”
NO TIME TO ARGL'E.
1m not the sort of fellow that takes
things for granted,” said the pugnacious
looking Individual who was sitting beside
a meek little man, as he again burled his
nose in his newspaper;
"But when I takes a look over a feller's
shoulder at de headlines In his noose
paper it gits my goat to have him fidget
like I was doin' him a personal injury.”
"Hum, ha. I get off here," said the
meek little man, who laid his paper care
fully on the seat and made a hasty exit.
EASY.
“Say,” remarked the new arrival
Drvburgh, “how can 1 get a drink here
“Got a cockscrew?”
“Yes.” |!
“Show it to the first man you meet.”
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SPEAKING OF NAMES.
She was round and she was ruddy, !
And her cheeks were like the rose;
And she weighed at least one-eighty }
As the hay scale record shows.
She was sound as any dollar, I
And no stronger girl you’ve met; 1
Yet this big and ribust creature j
Had been christened Violet. 'j
—Cleveland Plain Dealejf [
He is big and strong and husky;
He's not handsome, not by far;
He is lowbrowed, scrappy ugl>%
Grafting booze at every bar. 1
He associates with ruffians, J
And a yeggman is his pal, ,B*
Yet this unforbidding fellow
Had been christened Per-ci-val.
—Allentown Democrat.
He is sissitled and happy
And he shrinks from blows and strife, ii
And he never said a scrappy
Word in all his peaceful life. j
He would show a streak of yellow
If he saw a wooden gun; 1
Yet this flossy little fellow »
Has been christened Well-lng-ton.
—Springfield Union. %
Slie was built of bone and gristle,
And her nose was sharp and thin, f
And her eyes were sharp as gimlets, ^
And she had a scrappy chin;
With her tongue she tore her neighbors’ I
Reputation up. and she 1!
In the days beyond recalling |
Had been christened t Cha-ri-ty. 5
—Houston l?ost.
He is crooked and a grafter j
And he seldom tells the truth;
Has been robbing other people I
Ever since he was a youth. ji
Beats his wife and plays the bully, j.
But from any man would run; |
Yet this much-detested villain i>
Has been named George Washington. j.
FOR “HIM.” r
“Grayee seems to get a great many let- |
ters.” i
“It's only those she reads in bed that
are important.”
TURKEY’S TURN.
In explaining the attitude of the TurkisL
government toward the warring powers a
Tipkish diplomat indulges in some cutting t,
sarcasm at the expense of “Christian na- ■
tions.” The Turk is in a fine position just
now to do that very thing. P. C.
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY |
TRIAL OF KULLMAN 1
ATvno time in his life did the Iron
Chancellor, Bismarck, —show his
clearness and level-headedness
more than on the occasion of the attempt
to assassinate him at Kissingen. On
July 13. 1874. shortly after noon, Prince
Bismarck, as was his wont, entered his
carriage previous to going to the baths,
for which Kissingen was noted.
As the carriage, with its famous occu
pant, left the garden surrounding the
villa, and entered the street a short,
thick set man in the garb of a Roman
priest, obstructed the vehicle by stepping
in front of the hors.s. After repeated calls
from the driver, to which he wa& at first
seemingly deaf. lie. eventually left the
road but kept pace with the carriage by
hastening along tlie sidewalk. Fifty yards
further on he repeated the performance,
again stepping in the road directly before
the carriage.
At this moment, a ^single man stepped
from the crowd, which was very small
at that spot, advanced to within a "ew
yards of the carriage and took off bis but
to pay ills respects to the Prince. Cr.
return the latter gave a military salute,
at which time the vehicle bad drawn al
most parallel with the bystander and at
which time the priest was *still lurking1
j about the heads of the horses.
The man then quickly whipped a re
volver from out of his pocket, took delib
erate aim ami fired a shot at Bismarck.
The would-be assassin being at the leit
of the carriage and Bismarck at the light
shielded the Prince partly, afod so discon
certed the aim that instead of the bullet
reaching its intended mark, it grazed the
thumb of the right hand of the Prince, ;
which was in the position of the military
salute.
The coachman, to whom all credit, was
due, sizing up the situation at a glance,
quickly lashed Kullman—for it was he—
across the face which caused him to fling
away the pistol and riin for life down
the street so quickly that very few per
sons around realized how near the Iron
Chancellor hadt been to death's door.
When looking around it was found that
the priest had also decamped at the sound
of the first shot, and realizing the futility
of searching at the precise moment for
either of the men, Bismarck ordered the
carriage to be put about, and he returned
to tlie villa.
After a desperate attempt to make a
getaway. Kullman was secured and im
prisoned. The Prince visited the prisoner
whjist he was held and asked him the
reason of the crime. Kullman avowed
that his motives were revenge and hatred
in consequence of the ecclesiastical laws.
He also admitted that lie had been enj
bittered by the persecution of different
persons, among them the Archbishop of
Posen. J
Tlie trial itself, which was held at
\\ urzburg, lasted two days, beginning on
October 29, 1S74. A plea of insanity was i
entered on the prisoner’s behalf, live
public prosecutor opened the case, and ruv
examination of Kullman began, c'nder '
pressure he admitted his guilt on all the
principal points. Notwithstanding this |
confession the prosecutor ruled that apait
from it. full evidence should be admitted
to the court.
It was also brought out in the trial th^.t
while Kullman was living in Salzwvdal
he had joined a Catholic society; that he
had before committed acts of violence,
such as wounding a fellow workman and
had given vent to his feelings many times
with revolutionary statements. He ad
mitted that he had uttered threatfniryg
remarks, such as, ‘'Rtwore I die another
must fall.*’ j
it was also brought out in the course
of the trial that he had considered the
plot many times, having bought the pistol
in Berlin almost a year before. He tried
the murder in Berlin, but luckily he cqAfid
not^find the residence of Bismarck. Again,
he had gone to the country resort where ^
the Prince was staying, hut arrived too
late, for the prince had traveled on. For
his defense a plea of insanity was once
again entered, and as a result he x/as
examined by Hubrieh, a director of a
lunatic asylum, who found him deficient
in a moral sense, yet his free will was
so trifllngly affected that there was
scarcely any ground for mitigation.
The public prosecutor then submitted*;
two r^uestions which were to be mainly
considered: Did Kullman intend to kill
Bismarck, and did he fire the pistol with
that object? Was the deed premeditated?
The prisoner himself owned his guilt to
both. The public prosecutor then asked j
the jury to find the prisoner guilty,
demanded a sentence of 15 years’ impris
onment. j
Kullman was then found guilty as
charged in the indictment and sentenced
to imprisonment for 14 years in the
house of correction, and 10 years' suspen- #
si on of his civil rights and police surveil
lance. The priest whom at first seemed
to have played so great a part in the At
tempted crime, was found not guilty, as
neither he nor the prisoner knew each
other, and by a remarkable coincidence
he had so acted just at the time to gain
a better view of the Iron Chancellor.
TOMORROW—TRIAL OF COLONEL ARTHUR LYNCH ^ I
pare with the picture of German soldiers
as Mr. Davis saw them envelop the
streets of Brussels. IJowKthat that army
—"the gray of the hour just before day
break. the gray of the unpolished steel,
of mist among green trees"—has driven
southward through the first lines of the
allies' defense, there is added force to
the ominous words.
The protective coloration of armies, to
adopt the naturalists' phrase, is a sub
ject of astonishingly recent development.
Every American Bchoolhoy has learned
what fine marks the gaudy British uni
forms were at Lexington and Bunker
Hill. Yet It was not until modern rifle
fire reached its marvelous precision at
long range that service uniforms were
widely adopted.
The German uniform was the result ol
long experimentation, and is undoubtedly
an admirable neutral tint in the gray
green foliage of Belgium «(nd France
The British service uniform is mote of a
drab color. The Belgian army is reported
to have fought in Its ordinary uniforms,
many of which are brilliantly colored
They have suffered severely in conse
quence. The French army has been on<
of the last to adopt a service uniform, anc
there is some question as to what pro
! portion of its forces now in the field h
equipped with the new cloth, it is de
scribed as an olive drab, somewhat sug
i gesting the winter uniforms of our Amer
I lean army.
From Mr. Davis’ description it wouli
seem that one troop of French dragoons
I which he observed were wearing their
old blue and red uniforms. If this holds
true of any large number of French sol
diers it may prove a serious handicap.
liGAD US AGAIN
From the New York Evening Sun.
Father, our hopes are bivouacked in our
hearts,
Our fearMind prayers are all a-wing to
I'hee! ^
Stretch out Thy holy hand, we humbly
ask, f [
And lead us with Thy clear, all solving
light
Out of the desolate darkness of our time.
As Thou didst in the bleak, black ages
gone. *
Give us again the Sight that we may see;
Once more set spinning ah the looms of
Peace;
Rekindle reason, laith, good will on eaftli.
Lord. Thy almighty arm alone can quench
The fire that girdles all the world with
woe,
Drench Thou the pyre of flesh and bone
and blood
Whose glare reflects the stubborn pride of
Kings j
And shows the fellowship cf n^an at ciu)'
The flow'r of sturdy nations withers fa«.^
And fruits of mellowed genius rot apace
| In shell swept trench of many bittleflelds;
Babes sleep unmothered in their cradle
nests. |
While orphaned children weep n wakeful
dreams,
And women robbed of father, husband,,
son,
Trudge troubled through the dust clottda
of the plow. A • ...
l Christ did not die upon Uie Cross for thift!